Book Review: Songs For The Butcher's Daughter

Summary:A memoir of an immigrant poet who was born into a world of chaos and poverty. His life story is translated from Yiddish, and re-told by a young Catholic former student of religion and language who found temporary work in a warehouse of Yiddish books.

Review:This tightly woven, fast paced story will take you to the depths of the Russian immigrant experience of the early part of the 20th century. The author is a winner of The National Jewish Book Award.